Does Performance-Based Funding Affect Colleges' Financial Priorities?

• In Event: 65.050 - The Intersection of Education Finance and Policy

Abstract

Pressures for accountability in public higher education have increased dramatically over the past three decades due to concerns over the cost of college and institutional productivity. Inflation-adjusted tuition and fees at public four-year colleges have risen about four percent per year over the past three decades, while increases at public two-year colleges have been about three percent per year.

Authors

• Robert Kelchen, Seton Hall University

• Luke J. Stedrak, Seton Hall University